Plate Tectonics

ACCRETION
ASTHENOSPHERE
BASALT
BOUNDARY
CONTINENTAL
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CORE
CRUST
DENSITY
DIVEREGENT
ISLANDARC
LITHOSPHERE
MANTLE
MIDOCEANRIDGE
OCEANIC
PALEOMAGNETISM
PANGEA
PLATE
PLATETECTONICS
RIFTVALLEY
RIFTZONE
STRAOVOLCANO
SUBDUCTION
SUPERCONTINENT
SUTUREZONE
THERRMAL
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY
TRANSFORMFAULT
TRENCHES

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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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ACCRETION  517n
ASTHENOSPHERE  517e
BASALT  1011se
BOUNDARY  1210ne
CONTINENTAL  92s
CONVECTION  820e
CONVERGENT  92se
CORE  199sw
CRUST  142sw
DENSITY  197sw
DIVEREGENT  203s
ISLANDARC  1914nw
LITHOSPHERE  32s
MANTLE  215s
MIDOCEANRIDGE  195s
OCEANIC  112se
PALEOMAGNETISM  22s
PANGEA  159sw
PLATE  22e
PLATETECTONICS  32e
RIFTVALLEY  418n
RIFTZONE  418e
STRAOVOLCANO  715e
SUBDUCTION  151w
SUPERCONTINENT  715n
SUTUREZONE  14s
THERRMAL  2012s
TRANSFORMBOUNDARY  1111ne
TRANSFORMFAULT  319e
TRENCHES  63s